Precepts, or, Directions for the well ordering and carriage of a mans life, through the whole course thereof: left by William, Lord Burghly, to his sonne, at his death, who was sometimes Lord Treasurer of this kingdome. Also some other precepts and advertisements added, which sometimes was the iewell and delight of the right Honourable Lord and father to his country Francis, Earle of Bedford, deceased. In two bookes.
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- Precepts, or, Directions for the well ordering and carriage of a mans life, through the whole course thereof: left by William, Lord Burghly, to his sonne, at his death, who was sometimes Lord Treasurer of this kingdome. Also some other precepts and advertisements added, which sometimes was the iewell and delight of the right Honourable Lord and father to his country Francis, Earle of Bedford, deceased. In two bookes.
- Certaine precepts
- Certaine precepts
- De duodecim abusivis saeculi. English.
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London: Printed [by Thomas Harper] for Thomas Iones, and are to be sold at his shop in the Strand, neare Yorke House, 1636.
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Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo attributed name. Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage, attributed name.
- Publication year
- 1636
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- S118517
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- 138172
- Description
- [14], 144, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 8⁰
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- An expanded version of: Certaine precepts.
Printer's name from colophon.
In two parts; pagination and register are continuous.
"A glasse wherein those enormities and foule abuses may most evidently bee seen, which are the destruction and overthrow of every Christian common-wealth", a translation of "De duodecim abusivis saeculi", sometimes attributed to St. Augustine and to St. Cyprian, has separate dated title page; reprinted from STC 84.5.
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- "De duodecim abusionum gradibus" = "De duodecim abusivis saeculi". Copy catalogued tightly bound, with considerable loss of print